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...Pope's 9,000-mile pilgrimage within Brazil came at a time when relations between the Vatican and bishops of the largest Roman Catholic nation were badly strained. Many Brazilian bishops resent the Vatican's investigation of Leonardo Boff, Brazil's leading proponent of "liberation theology," which is built upon Marxist economic theory. When the Vatican asked Progressive Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns to discourage a meeting of liberation theologians, he pointedly ignored the request. In turn, the Pope has rejected the suggestions from the Brazilians in his past four appointments of new bishops for their country...
...were delighted by the Pope's bridge-building gestures toward them. In Recife, John Paul warmly-and publicly-embraced Archbishop Hélder Cámara, 71, detested by the conservative military regime for his advocacy of peasant rights; Dom Hélder had not been seen on Brazilian television in eight years. In Salvador, the Pope issued a blunt warning to Latin America's rulers: "The realization of justice in this continent presents a clear dilemma: either it will be done through profound and courageous reform, according to principles that express the supremacy of human dignity...
...Pope also touched on some particularly Brazilian problems. As many as 40 million Brazilians mingle their Roman Catholicism with spirit cults, the most popular being Candomblé, brought from West Africa by slaves. At a Mass in Candomblé country, John Paul repeated a theme of his African tour: Christianity can accept the "cultural expressions of any people," but must not "mutilate" its own teachings. The Pontiff also sought to heal breaches within the church itself, advising the hierarchy to compromise and avoid squabbling...
...remains to be seen whether soothing words will help ease the Brazilian church's other chronic problem: a manpower shortage. There are only 13,000 priests-40% of them foreigners-in a nation of 120 million people. Because many of the most outspoken activist priests are foreigners, the regime is proposing a tougher immigration law that could cause serious trouble for the missionaries. Though many Brazilians contend that the celibacy requirement is to blame for the difficulty in recruiting priests, the Pontiff believes that a loss of priestly identity is at the root of the problem. With his visit...
DIED. Marcus Vinicius Cruz de Mello Moraes, 66, Brazilian poet, dramatist and lyricist who collaborated with Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim on the international hit The Girl from Ipanema and on the musical drama Orfeu da Conceição, which became the basis for the film Black Orpheus; of a lung ailment; in Rio de Janeiro. Moraes served in Brazil's diplomatic corps until the country's puritanical military bosses fired him for his "vagabond" ways, which included nine marriages. In his later years he was a fixture at Rio's all-night...